Synonyms for denims
noun dungareesjeans
noun. dungarees
pants
noun. clothing for legs, lower half of body
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Word Origin & History
1690s, from French serge de Nîmes "serge from Nîmes," town in southern France. Application to "coarse cotton cloth" is first recorded 1850 in American English. Denims "pants made of denim" recorded from 1868. The place name is Roman Nemausus, said to be ultimately from Gaulish nemo "sanctuary."
Example Sentences fordenims
Men mostly composed the throng that alighted––big, weather-stained fellows in rough jeans and denims.